Nepal

Nepal restarts Gulf work permits after Iran conflict halted labor migration

About 75% of Nepali workers abroad are in the Middle East, mostly in construction, and remittances make up over a quarter of the country’s $42 billion economy.

Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attend a press briefing in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 1, 2026, providing details on the number and condition of Nepali citizens residing in conflict-affected Middle Eastern countries.
, Israeli Ambassador Yaron Mayer, celebrating his first Vietnamese new year.

Vietnam looks to Israel’s hi-tech industry for opportunity as diplomatic ties at a high - interview

An Israeli Jew worshipper prays during a Passover ceremony in Kathmandu on April 14, 2014. Jewish travellers in Asia came together to celebrate the Passover Seder in Nepal.

Nepal Chabad evicted from Jewish center over landlord's antisemitism fears

Cityscape skyline of Nepalese capital Kathmandu with the Himalaya snow capped mountains in the background.

Israeli tourist in Kathmandu says he was assaulted with metal club due to his nationality


IDF in Nepal: Small country, big heart, warm hands

Less than three weeks has passed since the highly successful IDF field hospital team returned from saving lives and limbs in Nepal. The sights and sounds still remain with them.

Dr. Ofer Merin (top, second from left) and Prof. Jonathan Halevy next to him; Prof. Amos Peyser (bottom row, second from left)

Who cares? Israel does

The Jerusalem Post

Magen David Adom to fly home four premature babies caught in second Nepal quake

Parents of babies had wanted to leave Nepal before the births, but were unable to do so because the surrogate mothers lacked travel documents.

A MDA medic holds a baby, born to a Napalese surrogate mother [Illustrative]

WATCH: Nepal struck by another powerful earthquake

Nepal's home ministry said the death toll from the quake had reached 19, with 981 injured.

Rescue workers search the rubble in Nepal, May 12, 2015

IsraAid in Nepal: Phones down after new quake, people afraid to be indoors

"This is a really big one," owner of handicrafts shop in Kathmandu says.

Local residents evacuate from a shop during an earthquake in central Kathmandu.

'Israeli aid to Nepal was cover for baby trafficking'

The allegation was made by two Spanish-language networks.

AN ISRAELI holds his surrogate-born baby as he disembarks yesterday from a plane at Ben-Gurion Airport after being evacuated from Nepal.

IsraAID team reunites with survivor rescued from rubble in Nepal

Krishna Devi Khadka attributed her survival to the IsraAID team rescue efforts that lead to her being pulled from the rubble followed by intensive medical care at the IDF field hospital.

Ms. Krishna Devi Khadka, rescued by IsraAID Search & Rescue team in Nepal

After the Earth moved

A member of the Foreign Ministry’s Emergency Response Team in Nepal reflects on the tragedy.

The IDF field hospital in Nepal

Catastrophe in Nepal

From the founder of Tevel b’Tzedek, a first-person account of the relief effort after an earthquake devastated the South Asian country, and what more is left to do.

An earthquake survivor runs past collapsed houses on the outskirts of Kathmandu, May 5.

Or Asraf's father at son's funeral: 'Death grabbed you as you walked happily'

Israel’s sole fatality in Nepal is laid to rest in hometown of Lehavim.

PATRICK ASRAF (second left) watches as a mourner lays a wreath on the grave of his son, Or, at Lehavim, May 6, 2015.